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I wouldn't remove Mail, since it's the only built-in way to switch your default mail client, and reinstalling it is a pain.

I really wouldn't remove any of these apps, since they don't take up too much space and aren't really intrusive. Even if you're really hurting for space, the combined storage you'd get bak would be what, 0.1% of your total capacity? Never is a long time, and you (or someone you come to share your computer with) might want them eventually.

My two cents' worth - I removed 64 applications to an external hard drive and recovered only 7 Gb (approx) of space on the eMac. On advice however I left Apple apps alone, something about their using Shared Libraries.

i've deleted iCal and nothing has happened on my mbp...can't tell you about the other three though. however, like it was mentioned, Mail and iChat are the programs that have the "default" settings for mail and chat so deleting those two may not be very fun...

You could easily delete them, but I agree with everyone here. You can just remove them from your dock. I have never used iChat, but I keep it because I may need it.. As for Mail, why?! Mail is amazing, and the best mail application I have ever used. Do you really need space that badly?